Presentation of incomplete Currarino triad in a 12-day-old patient with vomiting: a case report

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Jul;29(7):836-7. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182989c9d.

Abstract

The complete Currarino triad (or syndrome) consists of anorectal anomalies, a sacral bony defect, and a presacral mass. Generally autosomal dominant in its inheritance, incomplete penetrance also characterizes this syndrome. We report the case of a 12-day-old patient with vomiting in whom a diagnosis of incomplete Currarino syndrome was made.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anal Canal / abnormalities*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cardiac Output, Low / etiology
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / complications
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / diagnosis*
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / genetics
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Emergencies
  • Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy
  • Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / etiology
  • Erythema / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / etiology
  • Ileostomy
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Penetrance
  • Rectum / abnormalities*
  • Sacrum / abnormalities*
  • Syringomyelia / complications
  • Syringomyelia / diagnosis*
  • Syringomyelia / genetics
  • Tachycardia / etiology
  • Vomiting / etiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Currarino triad